Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Even if your firm is not actively recruiting, it’s important to keep abreast of current hiring trends. Unforeseen circumstances such as employee turnover can cause you to launch an immediate search for new talent. In addition, some companies are finding that now is an ideal time to make select hires to enhance the skill levels…
To reduce the effect of outliers on the middle, Computer Economics (CE) uses the median when reporting its findings. What this means for CIOs reading their latest research is a little less than half of those surveyed (45%) were actually able to increase their operational spending this year, while 17% of CIOs had to get…
With the worldwide economy seeming to stabilize lately, IT could be adding its round of positive numbers to the mix. Based on the numbers, it appears that companies across the country are showing signs of life once again. In the next three months, 8% of chief information officers (CIOs) plan to add information technology (IT)…
Firms in the United States technology sector announced planned job cuts totaling 84,217 in the first quarter, up 27% from 66,312 in the previous quarter. It was the largest quarterly job-cut tally for the sector since 2002, when 133,511 layoffs were announced in the fourth quarter, according to the report released Monday by global outplacement…
If walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck then it’s probably a duck. So, in this instance, if you think your company is outsourcing more and it makes sense for your company to outsource more to save money and your job is being outsourced to India, well, then your…
In a perfect world, you could interview an IT candidate and the person would be forthcoming and say, “I’ve had trouble working for my past two managers, I rarely meet deadlines and only want to work at your company until a better job comes along.” You’d know immediately that you shouldn’t hire the individual. However,…
Despite what people often say in surveys about needed a flexible schedule or more time off to balance their work/life experience, most CIOs agree that money is still the No.1 way to keep your best employees from leaving. This isn’t the only retention tool, of course, but when CIOs were asked to identify the most…
Even though demand hasn’t really changed, IT workers, like employees in other industries, are getting nervous about where the economy is heading. According to a recent, online poll by staffing firm Technisource, the IT Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. IT workers, dropped 8.6 points to 47.4 in the first quarter…
A perennial lament of CIOs is the lack of available IT talent. Countless surveys point to the gap between demand and availability, and there are never enough bodies with the latest and greatest skills headlining their resume. Despite these recurring pleas for talent, the number of students enrolled in IT programs continues to plummet. What’s…
If you’ve been looking for another reason to go into IT, this is it. According to staffing firm Robert Half Technology, you’re starting pay will be much better next year. IT professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries to increase an average of 5.3% in 2008, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology…